Resources · Managing Your Condition

Day-to-day management.

Your everyday roadmap — routines, home therapies, inhaler technique and knowing exactly when and how to act on a flare-up.

A–Z of Conditions Managing Your Condition · area 02 of 07 Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy

Your roadmap

Your Plan & Flare-ups

3 guides

Your day-to-day routine, and knowing how to spot and act on a flare-up early.

Your planYour Plan for Managing Your ConditionThe building blocks, daily routine and traffic-light action plan.At homeRecognising a Flare-upSpotting an exacerbation early and acting on it.At homeUnderstanding Your Rescue PackWhat a pack contains and how to read your own written action plan.

At home

Home Therapies & Equipment

6 guides

Using, cleaning and caring for the therapies and devices you use at home.

At homeNebulised TherapyHow it works, what is commonly nebulised at home, and where it fits in your day.At homeeChamber Portable Nebuliser ProUsing, cleaning and caring for your eChamber.At homeOxygen in the HomeTypes of home oxygen and using it safely.At homeNIV (CPAP & BiPAP)Breathing support through a mask, explained.At homeExercise at HomeStaying active safely at home — with tailored programmes on the way.At homeGravity-Assisted PositioningUsing position to help clear the chest and improve breathing and oxygen.

Device technique

Puffers & Inhalers

17 guides

Start with getting your technique right, then find your device. Step-by-step technique for 15 devices, each with real photos and examples.

Start hereGetting Your Inhaler Technique RightThe steps every inhaler shares, the slow-vs-fast breath, and the common mistakes.SectionPuffers & Inhalers — all devicespMDIs & spacers, soft-mist, and dry-powder inhalers — 15 device guides.DeviceMetered-Dose Inhaler (pMDI / “Puffer”)Press-and-breathe aerosol “puffer”.DevicePuffer with a SpacerpMDI used with a valved holding chamber.DeviceAccuhalerDry-powder blister inhaler (disc).DeviceAerospherepMDI using Aerosphere co-suspension technology.DeviceAutohalerBreath-actuated pMDI that fires as you breathe in.DeviceBreezhalerSingle-dose capsule dry-powder inhaler.DeviceEasyhalerDry-powder reservoir inhaler — click, then breathe in.DeviceElliptaDry-powder blister inhaler — one steady breath.DeviceGenuairDry-powder inhaler with a dose-confirmation window.DeviceHandiHalerSingle-dose capsule dry-powder inhaler.DeviceRapihalerpMDI (“Rapihaler”) press-and-breathe inhaler.DeviceRespimat (Soft Mist Inhaler)Soft Mist Inhaler — a slow-moving fine mist.DeviceSpiromaxDry-powder reservoir inhaler — open cover, breathe in.DeviceTurbuhalerDry-powder reservoir inhaler — breathe in hard.DeviceZondaSingle-dose capsule dry-powder inhaler.

These resources are for general education and are not a substitute for individualised assessment by a qualified clinician. If your symptoms change suddenly or severely, seek urgent medical care.